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Since Apple released the lion, many users have been camping with slow MAS (Mac App Store) loading times and most commonly, spinning beach balls of death. It only lasts a few seconds and it always loads, eventually. This is, however, enough to annoy people out of browsing the Mac App Store for their daily app cravings. After some snooping around, I stumbled upon the following solution, which fixed all beach balls from appearing. It definitely optimized the Mac App Store to it’s full speed and potential for me. The drawback is from the method mentioned below is beyond me. Do you know any? Let me know! It’s probably fine as I and many other users have not had any problems after changing this minor setting. I’m still going to note that it’s at your own risk though.

Spotify is a service which grants you access to a huge library of music, which is all available in the clouds of the internet. Cloud computing is the future, so they say. Spotify agrees and this app doesn’t do short from proving that point. As I really like Spotify’s desktop application, I figured it was time to cough up the 9.99 €/£ per month for premium membership to get this Spotify iOS application on my iDevice and test it’s brains out.

First Impression:
The look and feel of the app is excellent. It is obviously developed by a real pro. Everything is quick, smooth and has gorgeous animations which are combined with great stability. No clunky loading times or animation, but smooth as silk. It takes some time to get used to the app and it’s user interface as it’s not identical to the iPod app in iOS, which is both a blessing and a curse. The decision is up to you, but I’ve assembled a list of Pro’s and Cons to make it easier for you.

Google has updated it’s app for the iPhone today and what an update it was. An almost entire interface overhaul companioned by impressive yet easy finger swipes for editing your current search preferences makes it clear Google isn’t letting down non-android users. Even though Google is all over Android, this app has it all in one location with great performance, looks and stability.Here’s a tip for Google; If you want iOS users to switch to Android, don’t make your Google services on iDevices more enjoyable then on Android itself.

Do not follow my advice though, as I’m a big fan of iOS. Navigation and vector graphics for Maps on iOS next, pretty please?

Akismet. One of the first things that confronts you when installing WordPress. Use it! Fortunatly, for users like us, it’s free. Don’t be afraid to post comments, the system works great, and your comment will be read!

Today I noticed this picture on Gizmodo, where they made fun of the person using their iPad this way. But if you ask me, this is one of the best things about the iPad. You can use it on the toilet! I don’t know about you or the editors at Gizmodo, but I certainly don’t sh*t all over my hands when I go to the toilet, so it’s not soiling my iPad if I needed to go number 2. The only thing that disturbs me is that this guy left his door wide open.

So, we all know the iPad is pretty sensitive to fingerprints. But did we know it was this bad? … Yeah, I guess everyone did. Luckily for everyone, cleaning it is a breeze, especially with a microfiber cloth. Proof? Here it is:

[The pictures are overly bright just to make every fingerprint show. In a normally lit photo, the fingerprints don’t even show. At all. Ever.]